diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4827e7e..4f22169 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,34 +1,27 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.7
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
+# Basic Python and Debian settings
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
-    UV_PROJECT_ENV=.venv \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    PORT=8000
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install tools + uv
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl ca-certificates \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
- && curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh \
- && ln -s /root/.local/bin/uv /usr/local/bin/uv
+# Install Python deps at build time only (no runtime venv or installs)
+# Make sure requirements.txt includes your MCP runtime/CLI (e.g., fastmcp / mcp-cli)
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-# Leverage caching for deps
-COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock* requirements.txt* ./
-
-# Install dependencies into the image (no runtime venv creation)
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv uv sync --frozen --no-dev
-
-# Copy source
+# Copy application source
 COPY . .
 
-# Activate venv in PATH
-ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:${PATH}"
-
-# Health HTTP port for Ingress
-ENV PORT=8000
+# Expose a simple HTTP health port so ingress sees 200 immediately
 EXPOSE 8000
 
-# Simple HTTP health + FASTMCP over STDIO
-CMD sh -c "python -m http.server ${PORT} & exec uv run --with mcp mcp run server.py"
+# Start a lightweight HTTP health server, then launch FASTMCP over STDIO
+# Replace `mcp run server.py` with the correct entrypoint if different
+CMD sh -c "python -m http.server ${PORT} & exec mcp run server.py"
+# Fallback if you don't have an `mcp` CLI entry point:
+# CMD sh -c "python -m http.server ${PORT} & exec python -m mcp run server.py"